http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/kuwaits-ruler-blocks-mps-islamic-law-proposal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/kuwaits-ruler-blocks-mps-islamic-law-proposal/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 19:04:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133992 The Express Tribune: Kuwait’s ruler has blocked a proposal by 31 of the 50 elected members of parliament to amend the constitution to make all legislation in the Gulf Arab state comply with Islamic law, an MP said on Thursday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/kuwaits-ruler-blocks-mps-islamic-law-proposal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/uscirf-criticizes-passage-of-kuwaits-new-blasphemy-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/uscirf-criticizes-passage-of-kuwaits-new-blasphemy-bill/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:38:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133519 Religion Clause Blog: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom last week issued a statement (full text) strongly criticizing the Kuwaiti Parliament's recent passage of a bill imposing strong penalties-- including the death penalty in some cases-- for blasphemy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/uscirf-criticizes-passage-of-kuwaits-new-blasphemy-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/kuwaits-parliament-passes-new-blasphemy-law-with-potential-death-penalty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/kuwaits-parliament-passes-new-blasphemy-law-with-potential-death-penalty/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:56:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132920 Religion Clause Blog: Bloomberg News reports that Kuwait's Parliament yesterday, by a vote of 40-6, passed a strict new blasphemy law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/kuwaits-parliament-passes-new-blasphemy-law-with-potential-death-penalty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/kuwaiti-mps-call-for-ban-on-construction-of-churches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/kuwaiti-mps-call-for-ban-on-construction-of-churches/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:34:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126998 ArabianBusiness.com: A Kuwaiti parliamentarian is set to submit a draft law banning the construction of churches and non-Islamic places of worship in the Gulf state, it was reported at the weekend. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/kuwaiti-mps-call-for-ban-on-construction-of-churches/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/28/kuwait-cabinet-resigns-amid-political-crisis-al-jazeera-english/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/28/kuwait-cabinet-resigns-amid-political-crisis-al-jazeera-english/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:18:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119532 Al Jazeera English: Kuwait's cabinet has resigned after protesters and opposition deputies demanded that the prime minister step down over allegations of corruption, state-run television has reported. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/28/kuwait-cabinet-resigns-amid-political-crisis-al-jazeera-english/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/christian-group-stumbles-to-build-a-church-in-kuwait/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/christian-group-stumbles-to-build-a-church-in-kuwait/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:30:15 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80393 alarabiya.net: "A Christian group complains that Kuwait’s City Municipal Council is preventing it from obtaining a land to build a church, a UAE newspaper reported on Thursday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/christian-group-stumbles-to-build-a-church-in-kuwait/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/21/kuwait-strips-shiite-of-citizenship-for-sectarian-remarks/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/21/kuwait-strips-shiite-of-citizenship-for-sectarian-remarks/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:59:50 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73062 Turkish Weekly: "Kuwait has stripped an exiled Shiite man of his citizenship, accusing him of provoking sectarian tensions and defaming Islam by insulting a wife of the Prophet Muhammad, reported Kuwaiti newspapers Tuesday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/21/kuwait-strips-shiite-of-citizenship-for-sectarian-remarks/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/28/kuwait-high-court-rejects-challenge-to-election-of-women-mps-who-refuse-to-wear-hijab/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/28/kuwait-high-court-rejects-challenge-to-election-of-women-mps-who-refuse-to-wear-hijab/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:17:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=40648 Religion Clause Blog: "Kuwait's Constitutional Court-- the country's highest tribunal-- today rejected an attempt by four voters to invalidate the election of two women members of Parliament." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/28/kuwait-high-court-rejects-challenge-to-election-of-women-mps-who-refuse-to-wear-hijab/feed/ 0